Alphonse Piché Explained

Alphonse Piché (14 February 1917 – 2 December 1998) was a Canadian poet. He won a 1976 Governor General's Awards.

Life

He studied at the Saint-Joseph seminary.^[1] He lived most of his life in Trois-Rivières. His poetry addresses the themes of the people struggling with the agonies and joys of everyday life. He lived long near the St. Lawrence River on which he sailed. His latest collection deliver the words of a man in love with life, in the face of old age and death.

His papers are held at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.^[2]

A poetry prize is named for him.^[3]

Awards

• 1947 - Prix David, Ballades de la petite extrace
• 1966 - Grand prix littéraire de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Mauricie
• 1976 - Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général du Canada, Poèmes 1946-1950
• 1989 - Ludger-Duvernay Prize
• 1992 - Membre de l'Ordre du Canada

Works

• Ballades de la petite extrace, Editions Fernand Pilon, 1946
• Remous, F. Pilon, 1947
• Voie d'eau, F. Pilon, 1950
• Poèmes 1946-1966, Editions du Bien Public, 1966
• Poèmes 1946-1968, Éditions de l'Hexagone, 1976
• Dernier Profil 1982
• Fenêtre/Haïku L. Lavoie Maheux, 1986
• Le choix d'Alphonse Piché dans l'œuvre d'Alphonse Piché, Les Presses Laurentiennes, 1987,
• Sursis, Écrit forges, 1987,
• Fables, L'Hexagone, 1989,
• Néant fraternel, Écrits des Forges, 1991,
• Retour, Ecrits des Forges, 1997,

External links

• Web site: Alphonse Piché - poésie. Huguette. Bertrand. Espacepoetique.com. 17 September 2017.
• Web site: Recherche - L'Île. Egzakt. Litterature.org. 17 September 2017.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Encyclopédie sur la mort - Picher Alphonse. Agora.qc.ca. 17 September 2017.
2. Web site: Description fonds - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. pistard.banq.qc.ca. 2015-11-03.
3. Web site: Prix Piché de Poésie de l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Fiptr.com. 2015-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125613/http://www.fiptr.com/concours_piche.html. 2016-03-04. dead.